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Financial Institution Selects Hitachi Solution for Its Migration to a Wide Area Ethernet Network Using Hierarchical Bandwidth Shaping
White Paper The Institution deployed Hitachi's GS4000 multilayer switches at the Network Center, connected to remote GS4000's at a Telecom Carrier's communication nodes through leased dark fiber, and Hierarchical... [04 Aug 2008]
Private Enterprise Resilient Packet Rings (RPR) over Dedicated SONET Facilities
White Paper This model represents a hybrid between a private optical solution over dark fiber and a carrier-provided managed service. This paper introduces a model for an enterprise-owned, multi-service,... [03 Jul 2008]
CIENA's CN 2000 Provides High Performance, Low Cost SRDF Extension for Business Continuance
White Paper FPL implemented CIENA's CN 2000 Storage Extension Solution which extends up to 16 Fibre Channel (FC), Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), ESCON, and FICONTM applications across any SONET/SDH, WDM, or Dark Fiber... [10 Apr 2008]
EuroFiber Enters Emerging Market With a Managed Dark Fiber Solution From Lucent and Partner Imtech
White Paper In 2003, EuroFiber recognized a major opportunity to provide dark fiber services down-market to small and medium business. EuroFiber manages its dark fiber network... [29 Nov 2006]
The mystery of dark fiber, and what it can do for you
White Paper Learn what "Dark Fiber" is and why there is so much of it. Also learn the smart, stupid, and really smart reasons for building out dark fiber, and how your company might... [16 May 2006]
Metromedia Fiber Network Rides the Data Wave With Breakthrough Integration of Dark Fiber and Nortel Networks OPTera Metro D-WDM Platform
White Paper Metromedia Fiber Network has become the leading supplier of dedicated dark fiber to intra-city carriers, Internet service providers (ISPs), and large enterprises. Nortel's WaveChannel... [31 Oct 2004]
The City of Richardson Embraces Growth With a Converged Network Solution
White Paper With a new dark fiber network being installed, the city needed a new network design that delivered reliability, scalability and consistency - without putting undue strain on the city budget. Richardson,... [30 Oct 2004]
Frequently Asked Questions about Customer Owned Dark Fiber, Condominium Fiber, Community and Municipal Fiber Networks
White Paper Dark fiber is optical fiber, dedicated to a single customer and where the customer is responsible for attaching the telecommunications equipment and lasers to "light" the... [25 Feb 2004]
Storage over IP: The Next Generation SAN
White Paper Transporting data between SAN islands, storage tunneling uses IP networks for SAN-to-SAN connectivity and has cost advantages over dedicated dark fiber. However, the burden of supporting two separate... [25 Feb 2004]
Virtual Metropolitan Area Networks
White Paper Customers can lease their own dark fiber and light it up, asking their already overburdened staff to manage it or pay someone else to do the job. Service providers can pretend that IP rules and refuse to... [25 Feb 2004]
Private Enterprise Resilient Packet Rings (RPR) over Dedicated SONET Facilities
This model represents a hybrid between a private optical solution over dark fiber and a carrier-provided managed service. This paper introduces a model for an enterprise-owned, multi-service,... [07 Nov 2003]
Virtual Metropolitan Area Networks
Customers can lease their own dark fiber and light it up, asking their already overburdened staff to manage it or pay someone else to do the job. Service providers can pretend that IP rules and refuse to... [05 Nov 2003]
Metromedia latest to file for Chapter 11
News Metromedia Fiber Network has filed for bankruptcy after failing to come up with the funds to pay its creditors. The company has stated its operations will continue, though it will use Chapter 11 protection to reorganise. [21 May 2002]
AboveNet raises the stakes for Web performance levels
News AboveNet, now owned by dark fibre company Metromedia Fiber Network (MMFN), believes it can improve Internet connectivity performance by up to 100 per cent. AboveNet UK, which specialises in co-location... [24 Sep 1999]
